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10/05/2013 – Merchants are minding their digital critiques

Greg Dodge, owner of Zavino at 13th and Sansom Streets, likes to say that there is no marketing like word of mouth, and once a week, a report arrives on his cellphone that lets him measure just what those words are worth.

10/04/2013 – Introhive plans to raise as much as $7 million

District-based Introhive plans to raise as much as $7 million to accelerate sales of its professional networking software, from a group of investors that includes CRM giant salesforce.com, according to CEO Jody Glidden.

10/02/2013 – Salesforce.com Bets on Social Selling Platform Introhive

Introhive is an enterprise application that could help deepen the Salesforce.com portfolio of sales, marketing, and CRM tools. The Introhive social selling app analyzes employee communications and compares them with other company data, to create an enterprise-wide view of existing relationships with customers and prospects.

10/01/2013 – Kirkland, DLA Piper Work on Active Deal: Business of Law

Kirkland & Ellis LLP and DLA Piper LLP worked on the deal to take private Active Network Inc. (ACTV), a company that manages online registration for marathons, business conferences and other events. Vista Equity Partners is buying Active for about $1.05 billion in cash.

09/30/2013 – Silver Spring Startup Gets $500K State Grant

09/27/2013 – NEA Wins Big as eBay and PayPal Acquire Braintree

The Chevy Chase-based venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates got fantastic news yesterday when one of its portfolio companies out of Chicago, Braintree, was purchased by e-commerce giant eBay for $800 million.